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While the case is on reserve, the judges spend a considerable amount of time producing detailed written reasons for judgment. That process may take several months, or over a year. There is normally a majority decision, but judges who disagree with the majority can write a minority opinion, dissenting in whole or in part from the majority.
Judges in positions that are under federal control (federally appointed positions) are eligible to serve on the bench until age 75. In some but not all Provincial and Territorial positions, appointed judges have tenure until age 70 instead. As for removal from the bench, judges have only rarely been removed from the bench in Canada.
The Judges' Rules were not rules of law, but rather rules of practice for the guidance of the police, setting out the kinds of conduct that could cause a judge to exercise discretion to exclude evidence, in the interests of a fair trial. [1] High Court judge Lawrence J explained in R. v. Voisin [1918] 1 KB 531, that:
The first is the term "provincial court", which has two quite different meanings, depending on context. The first, and most general meaning, is that a provincial court is a court established by the legislature of a province, under its constitutional authority over the administration of justice in the province, set out in s. 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867. [2]
The Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba 1870–1950: A Biographical History. Toronto: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. McCullough, Sharon Gail. 2000. Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench in Equity, 1872–1895: A Study in Legal Administration and Records. Winnipeg, University of Manitoba. Smandych, Russell, and Karina Sacca. 1996.
[4] [5] Traditionally, three of the remaining judges are appointed from Ontario, two from the four western provinces, and one from the Atlantic provinces. The judges from these provinces, other than Quebec, must have been a judge of a superior court, or a member of the bar of one of those provinces for ten or more years prior to the appointment ...
Regina Court House of the King's Bench of Saskatchewan, 2002 Victoria Avenue, c. 1919. During the First World War, the province reorganized its courts. In 1915, the province passed legislation, The King's Bench Act [12] and The Court of Appeal Act, [13] for the purpose of creating a new court structure. Those acts came into effect on March 1 ...
The Alberta Rules of Court are a regulation enacted pursuant to the Alberta Judicature Act, and form the civil practice and procedural rules governing court proceedings in the Canadian province of Alberta, specifically in the Court of King's Bench of Alberta and Alberta Court of Appeal.